Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...

237. went up and ran the bath for her and her husband was away on a
238. business course that day, so he missed the birth. (laughs)
239. And he'd left at 2 o'clock in the morning and urn, when she
240. phoned him he was stuck in the traffic, 50 he missed the birth,
241. but urn, yeah, she said the midwife, one of the other midwives ran
242. a bath rot her. She went and had the bath, she come down she
243. phoned me at quarter past nine and said to me, I've got a little boy
244. and I said when, when? and she said a couple of hours ago and
245. said what are you doing on the phone? she said I'm laying on the
246. SOra, my feet are up, the baby is asleep in his bed, he's had his
247. bottle. She said I'm having a cup oicorree, a biscuit and a cigarette,
248. coz she's a very very heavy smoker. She said urn, she said it's bliss,
249. she said the midwives have cleaned up, they've gone. She had a
250. doctor going out that afternoon to just check she was okay
251. and she said it's lovely, she said I don't actually feel like I've been
252. through anything. And I went to see her the following day,
253. and you know, I said you know, "what was it like? sort of thing,
254. she said it's just unbelievable, she said because you're so relaxed it's
255. so quick. She said you know it was a case of standing one minute
256. and the next minute thinking, oh no, I've got to push, you know,
257. how am I going to make it to the bed? and she said no I'm not,
258. you know, it's got to come out here. Yes, she was actually
259. crouched over the sink, and he was 9 pounds 2, no, 9 pounds 3
260. and she didn't have any stitches or anything, and like she said,
261. you know, it was amazing, it really was a really good experience.
262. And alter that happened, I thought that is definitely it for me,
263. (laughs) you know, not saying that mine will be like anything near
264. like hers, but like she said, she was another one that never liked the
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